How to Make a Mosquito Bucket of Doom

[ysabetwordsmith]

I found this article about making a Mosquito Bucket of Doom. 

1) Fill a bucket with water and put it outside.

2) Add a handful of grass to make carbon dioxide which will attract more mosquitoes.

3) There are two options to kill the resulting larvae.

-- Dump the bucket weekly and refresh the trap with new water and grass.

-- Add a mosquito dunk, which lasts about a month.  Replace whenever it sinks or dissolves.


Also, make sure there are no other pockets of still water to attract mosquitoes elsewhere in your yard.  Every bit that you can find and remove is one less mosquito nest. 

Comments

[luna_moon]

Thank you for sharing! I live a few blocks away from the town's main river. Our town will spray problem areas if people request, but I really don't going that route unless they get really bad. I've heard about these before, but never really looked at it much. It look like mosquito dunks are safe to use around chickens, and it is even safe to use in their water bowls! I dump and rinse their water daily, but it is good to know this won't bother them if they happen to get into some water that contains the dunk.

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Mosquito dunks only threaten mosquitoes, blackflies, and fungus gnats. \o/

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[luna_moon]

Good to know it gets the blackflies and gnats too! Heading to Menards for some supplies today and I have it on my list :D

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[ysabetwordsmith]

Woohoo!

Yeah, too bad "mosquito dunk" doesn't scan to Blackfly.